Met Gala 2027 Theme to Focus on Fashion Made from Denim, Plastic, and Paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will dedicate an exhibition by the Costume Institute in spring 2027 to everyday clothing and materials—from denim and metal to paper and plastic.
On November 5, 2026, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced the theme of the Costume Institute’s next exhibition. The exhibition, titled *extraORDINARY: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday*, will serve as the foundation for the Met Gala 2027 theme.
The exhibition will showcase how designers reinterpret familiar objects and materials through craftsmanship, structural solutions, and experimentation. The display will feature clothing and items made from denim, metal, paper, and plastic, transforming them into unusual forms while imbuing them with new meanings, all while preserving the recognizable associations with their original materials.
The collection will include pieces from the Costume Institute’s holdings, items loaned to the museum, and new acquisitions.
The new concept emerged after the cancellation of a planned exhibition dedicated to British designer John Galliano. The retrospective was abandoned amid criticism from the museum’s donors and leaders of the Jewish community, who opposed the designer’s involvement due to his past antisemitic and racist remarks, for which Galliano has repeatedly apologized.
Andrew Bolton, the head curator of the Costume Institute, stated that the new exhibition had to be created from scratch.
The Met Gala is an annual event held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to raise funds for the Costume Institute. It is typically held on the first Monday of May. Designers, celebrities, actors, and musicians attend the ball in outfits tied to the exhibition’s theme.
Guests’ looks are showcased on the red carpet, with audience attention drawn to both the attire and the museum’s exhibition.
